Improvement in devices for closing the ends of coat-sleeves



UNITED STATES HENRY F. HERKNER,

PATENT OFFICE.

on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR CIIOSING THE ENDS 0F COT-SLEEVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l03,8l6, dated May 31,ISTO.

- 'o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. HERKNER, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices forClosing the Ends of Goat- Sleeves or other Garments, which I denominatethe Firemens Buckled-Sleeve Coat; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, making partof this specification, and inwhich Figure l represents a portion of a sleeve, showing the attachmentof my improved selt'- confining buckle-strap. Fig. 2 represents a viewin perspective, showing the sleeve as applied to the arm and closedtightly around the wrist by my improved attachment.

My invention is especially adapted to lire mens water-proof coats; andit consists in the attachment to the wrist portions of the sleevesthereof of a strap and buckle, the former being so constructed as to bealways confined v within the latter, and therefore ready for use,

thus avoiding the necessity of having to insert it into the buckle whenso required for the purpose of .closing the sleeves tightly around thewrists of the wearer to prevent the entrance of water down the sleevesin theA handling of hose-pipe or other occupations reqniring the use ofwater-proof coats. The entrance of water into iremens sleeves is one ofthe chief difficulties with which they have to contend in endeavoring tokeepthemselves dry, for, while it is exceedingly disagreeable to havetheir arms wet, the abrasion of their wet sleeves tends to scald theirarms to a de gree that renders their use not only painful, butexceedingly injurious to their health, frequently producing rheumatism,and is a source of other iniirmities. It is the object of my improvementto remedy these disadvantages by rendering the coat ,water-proof to thearms as well as the body. y

' In the accompanying. drawings, A represents a portion of the sleeve ofa water-proof i coat, to the wrist of which a strap, B, of suitablelength, is stitched at one of its ends and passed through a buckle, C,at its other end, also stitched to the wrist ot' the sleeve. The strap Bis provided with a number ot' holes,

c, at suitable distances, into which the tongue of the. buckle C 'may beinserted as the sleeve is closed and secured tightly around the wrist.

It would he too inconvenient, and thereforel not adapted to a remanscoat-sleeve, to he compelled to insert the closing-straps into thebuckles when required. To remedy this objection the strap is constructedso as to he self-confining, and is never out of its buckle. This iseffected by making the end of the -strap larger than the buckle, so thatit cannot be drawn through it without being folded and doubled up. Thisenlarged end, as shown at b in the drawings. also serves as a handle bywhich the strap is grasped and tightened, andtherefore, while serving tolock it in its buckle, is exceedingly useful in handling the strap.

I have described my improvement as espe ciallyadapted to firemens coats;but it is obvious that it is equally useful for seamens, cartmens, andminers coats.

The strap B, instead of being stitched to the sleeve at its end, may beso fastened in the middle of its length, one end carrying the buckle andits enlarged end tipped with metal or other material to prevent it frombeing folded, and the buckle may be withonttongue, or other suitablefastening used instead.

Having thus described my inventi0n I clainip The strap B, with enlargedend b passing. through the buckle C, or its equivalent, and attached tothe end of the sleeve for the purpose' HENRY E. HEEKNEE.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. STEVENS, WM. W. Posr.

